You try to lead a healthy lifestyle, but sometimes it’s hard to get out of bed, lace up your shoes, and go to the gym. After a long day, exercise may be the last thing you want to do. Running however, is one of the best ways out there to relieve stress and improve your mood. Here are some things running does to reduce stress and to find motivation to keep going when your day gets difficult.

When a shoe comes with a reputation having won the “best debut” in Runners’ World Magazine back in 2010, expectations of its third iteration would naturally be high. However, the Saucony Kinvara 3 exceeded my expectations and gave me a ride to remember! Having worked out the minor flaws in the first two Kinvaras, Saucony went back to the drawing board and gave us a beauty to behold!

Just as the sun rose, 6,000 avid cross terrain runners descended on Harbour Front to race in, what has been touted, “Singapore’s toughest 10km”. At 7am, there was a steam of orange with freckles of colour spanning the road leading to Sentosa. Energetic and loud, the running gang composed of kids, adults and even grandparents who were ready to conquer this race of sand, gravel and road.

This trainer loves Christmas lights, trains six days a week, and will take you to the next level. A firm believer of full body functional training, Marie Purvis encourages a diverse training programme to help athletes get better, faster and stronger.

Healthy living is a walk in the park with the Jurong Lake Run 2013 (JLR2013) returning on Sunday, 7 July 2013. This not-for-profit community event will include a new addition of the non-competitive 850m Kids Dash for children under the age of 13 with exclusive finisher medals for participants. This is in addition to the non-competitive 3km walk-a-jog, 6km and 10km competitive categories. To date, approximately 5,000 participants have already signed up for this annual event.

Heart disease is perceived by many as an illness for the old or overweight. But recent studies have proven this perception wrong. According to Dr. Ilan Wittstein, M.D., an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Heart Institute, patients in their 40s are getting heart disease due to self-inflicted risk factors.